Staff Picks

Matt Schnable
Dead Moon "In The Graveyard"
Modern English
Water Damage
Michael Hurley
Deafheaven: Lonely People with Power

Mark Capon
Phil Cook "Appalachia Borealis"
La Düsseldorf "Viva La Düsseldorf"
Donovan "Hurdy Gurdy Man"
"All We Imagine as Light" (2024 film)
Dylan Golden Aycock "No New Summers""

Ryan Untalan
Of Montreal with Wagging at The Grey Eagle
Water Damage at APLR
Alabaster DePlume "A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole"
Ali Farka Touré

Annelise Kopp
"No Other Land" (2025 documentary)
John Tejada live at The Fruit
Greensboro Science Center
horseback riding at Camp Grier
Michael Hurley at APLR
Book of Love "Book of Love"

Nathanael Roney
Joe McPhee "I'm Just Say'n"
Wolves In The Throne Room "Celestial Lineage"
Raekwon Immobilarity
Emperor "In The Nightside Eclipse"
Death "Live In L.A."

Meagan Ferris
Kalia Vandever "We Fell in Turn"
Arthur Russell "Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out"
Milford Graves "Full Mantis" (2018 documentary)
BIG EARS 2025
Water Damage at APLR